Volume 3, Issue 6, June 2022
DL Shirey
Pages 115-124
The One That Damned Me
How much does the truth matter when the accusation is enough to ruin lives? In this work of philosophical short fiction, Neil Daniels was a school counselor, two of the students at his school are Jesmyn and Melissa; they are inseparable. After they are discovered doing cocaine in the locker room Jesmyn is brought to Neil’s office. As part of a plan, Jesmyn quickly gets out of her seat, plunges her head into Neil’s lap, just as Melissa opened the door and snaps a photo. This photo is enough to end Neil’s marriage, cost him his reputation and job, and force him to spend his remaining days teaching ESL in Mexico.